computiac

Kiashien wrote:I'd say make it just like you would with garlic, basil, and VOO and use giant chunks of fresh mozzarella. When it's done cooking, take it out, and drizzle the balsamic over it in a wavy pattern. Let rest, covered for a minute or two to let the balsamic heat up and mingle a bit, and I'd bet it would be practically cocaine at that point.

jjhu

elemental00

got my 2 bottles today. both boxes were crushed and the bottles were dislodged from the packaging (but intact). there was almost no packing material in the box so the decorative packages were just free to rattle around.

had these been for gifting they would be unusable. but they are all for me !

PemberDucky

elemental00 wrote:got my 2 bottles today. both boxes were crushed and the bottles were dislodged from the packaging (but intact). there was almost no packing material in the box so the decorative packages were just free to rattle around.

had these been for gifting they would be unusable. but they are all for me !

yikes. glad the bottles survived.

-----------------------------------------------
Not sure if you should post that? This slightly-nsfw-flowchart will help.

drewballa

Received mine in slightly better condition as far as the box goes, but it appears that a small portion of each bottle was frozen. Having not had this before I am not sure I will be able to tell if its any different....should I be concerned?

jsholle

Mine were damaged in shipping and FedEx could not deliver them. Woot offered a "possibility" of replacement by the winery in 4 to 6 weeks... no thanks. Reading that they were expired, glad they did not arrive now. Waiting for refund.

pengu1n

That's what the bottle states if you look at the fine print. i'm double checking this, but the " 21. 09. 12 may be when the balsamic was bottled. i can see how that can be misleading.

This is unconditionaly NOT a "best by" issue.

I didn't find it confusing at all. Kind of assumed that the 2025 was the best buy date with the Feb 2012 being the bottling date.

In any case, I wouldn't store this in the fridge. I did this with my very first bottle I got from wine.woor (from 2009), and it did crystalize the sugars after it was in the fridge for a couple months. Casa De Case sent me a new bottle and told me to experiment with the first one. I was able to warm it up in a water bath, shake the hell out of it, and get then sugars to go back into the vinegar and it still tasted great. Awesome customer service by the seller and kind of a fun experiment to boot.

Figured I would toss that warning out there in case you had ideas of cold storing it in the fridge to keep the fruit flies away.

mjobrien

drewballa wrote:Received mine in slightly better condition as far as the box goes, but it appears that a small portion of each bottle was frozen. Having not had this before I am not sure I will be able to tell if its any different....should I be concerned?

Second this. My bottle was frozen solid in my mailbox. I love this stuff and am intending to give this bottle as a gift. But if the quality is compromised by freezing, I may have to reconsider.

ThunderThighs

Hey all. On the topic of frozen balsamic, WD's importer checked directly with the company.

Here is Paolo Cavedoni said about the frozen balsamic:

….it often happens even here in Italy, especially during winter when the temperature is very low. This is not a problem, the taste, the acidity and the quality do not change. You can tell your customers to put the bottle in a warm place and the product will become again fluid.

Winedavid39

ThunderThighs wrote:Hey all. On the topic of frozen balsamic, WD's importer checked directly with the company.

Here is Paolo Cavedoni said about the frozen balsamic:

….it often happens even here in Italy, especially during winter when the temperature is very low. This is not a problem, the taste, the acidity and the quality do not change. You can tell your customers to put the bottle in a warm place and the product will become again fluid.

szecsei

had to follow up on this purchase. was really bummed when i opened one of my bottles. it was not the balsamic i was hoping for. this was bottle #3, and i really enjoyed the first two bottles of this vinegar (from a previous woot). hopefully woot will be able to help me exchange this bad bottle. otherwise, i'll probably lay off of it a bit.

Woot.com is operated by Woot Services LLC.
Products on Woot.com are sold by Woot, Inc., other than items on Wine.Woot which are sold by the seller specified on the product detail page.
Product narratives are for entertainment purposes and frequently employ
literary point of view;
the narratives do not express Woot's editorial opinion.
Aside from literary abuse, your use of this site also subjects you to Woot's
terms of use
and
privacy policy.
Woot may designate a user comment as a Quality Post, but that doesn't mean we agree with or guarantee anything said or linked to in that post.